Dear Editor: Glad to see Timothy Renshaw doing, what appears to be a regular column in the paper. Please continue! In a recent Noel Wright column, he asks if the media have perhaps gone too far. I think I could make a good case for the media being absolutely vital to the survival of life as we know it. This spring, when we were again = invaded by the annual gang of eco-war- tiors, loudly bragging they intended to shut down our ae ts, we had a good > example of the'media’s influence. By pes- tering Dear Editor at the Sim, as well as ‘: sending copies of those faxes to NDP ~.. headquarters, and to the various others e health is in jeopardy angiogram with dye injected to find plugge The ‘enough, the hospital confirmed what 1... _ had found out earlier, that the . nurses are all overworked and “understaffed, and tired nurses ‘do not make good care-givers. It seeme: MAIL Box concerned, we got on top of a situation that has plagued us for roo long, and for the first time in years, the woods stayed open for business this summer. As a result, my name's probably “mud” in environmental circles, but I got “thank you” letters from Interfor, and TWA Canada’s president, Dave Haggard on behalf of his 50,000 members, and last week, Jack Munro sent me a mem- bership in the Forest Alliance. And this all happened because the media accept feed- back from us little guys, and often decide to get on the bandwagon, when we have a good argument or a good cause. And [ thank God it is this way. As for. Timothy’s recent column, I cumstances. out what else was up in that arm. waiting was bad but the day spent in that each one Doctors do not have any say in how their patients are to be treated or even get into the hospital unless an emergency, and this” so-called North 1 J Shore Health Regional Board is just another Jevel of bureau- cracy to give Glen Clark’s friends a good job with high pay at the expense of the Deal with today’s real iti think Old Galpal summed it up very nice- ly last night over dinner at Andrea's. She said, “The trouble with us Canadians is thar we'd rather obsess on the past than work together on our future.” That’s it, in a nutshell. We need to deal with today’s realities, not those of th: past. And if one part of Canada separates, | see the whole thing going, because Uncle Sam is likely just waiting to pick up the pieces. And our media will have a signifi- cant effect on the outcome of all that, as always, because: “ We have secon the enemy, and he is us.” Keep on writing!. Ray Sutton North Vancouver MAILBOX POLICY LETTERS to the editor must be legible (preferably typewritten) and include your name, full address and telephone number. -6 Pace see TRA! October 20, 1997 . Parkgate Community Centre - selection of preferred option . Riverside Drive - Traffic Calming Measures . Bylaw 6969 Rezoning Bylaw 1078 - Churchill rescent . Bylaw 6974 Taxation Exemptions By Council . Bylaw 6975 Taxation Exemption For Places Of Public Worship, Amending Bylaw 10 . Bylaw 6976 District of North Vancouver Dog : Tax and Regulation Bylaw 1988, Amending Bylaw 11 . Capilano Canyon Guest House (Bed and Breakfast Business Application) . Nuisance Abatement - 1059 Frederick Road ©” . Planning Process for the Seymour Local Plan’ 10. 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